Martinez of U18 Barcelona named MVP in L'Hospitalet

U18 FC Barcelona Lassa forward Sergi Martinez was named the MVP of the Euroleague Basketball ADIDAS NEXT GENERATION TOURNAMENT Qualifying Tournament - Torneig de Bàsquet Junior Ciutat de L’Hospitalet on Sunday. Martinez collected 4 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals to help Barcelona to a 74-58 victory over U18 Divina Seguros Joventut Badalona in the title game. Martinez averaged 12.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.2 steals in the five games in the tournament.

Joining Martinez on the All-Tournament Team were Pedro Barros of finalist Joventut, Pablo Fontanet of host team U18 Torrons Vicens L’Hospitalet, Toni Nakic of U18 Cedevita Zagreb and Georgios Kalaitzakis of U18 Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens. Kalaitzakis was unable to collect his award and Panathinakos captain Kostas Koufopoulos accepted it for him.